
15 points
Celebrity by Odysseus
August 3rd, 2007 1:24 AM
Although my proof is limited, thanks to insufficient family tree data (due to the family tree fire of 1974) I have good reason to beleive that I am related to Antonio de los Reyes Correa. Here is some jazz about him. "During the early part of the 18th century England was at war with Spain, and England ordered an attack on the Spanish possessions in the New World. On August 5, 1702, two English warships approached the coastal town of Arecibo. Two smaller boats with a company of English soldiers landed on Arecibo's beach. The Puerto Rican militia - headed by Correa - had only thirty men, armed with just spears and machetes, who fought the English, who were better armed with muskets and swords. At the end of the battle there were twenty-two English dead on land and 8 at sea, including the captain in charge of the troops that landed, who had died in the hands of Correa. Correa himself was wounded but the English left and the city of Arecibo was saved - as a result Correa was declared a national hero. "
Seeing as how my last name is spelled exactly the same, and much of my family either comes from Puerto Rico or Spain, it seems as though I would be a likely candidate for relativity.
Seeing as how my last name is spelled exactly the same, and much of my family either comes from Puerto Rico or Spain, it seems as though I would be a likely candidate for relativity.